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Why?


Why?

Why am I alive?

I sense there is no meaning

I don’t want to die and yet death simply has no meaning for me anymore

I sense a sense of existentialism

Why am I alive?

There is no purpose to me

I have no happiness, no purpose worth living . . .

I look around and life is bleak

Outside the window

The sky is grey there are no clouds

Why am I alive?

I’ve been taught life is a stressful loop

Constantly overwhelemed

N0 breaks . . . no happiness

I’m sorry if it’s bleak

Yet it’s all I can truly be

Why am I alive?

I’m not successful or special

I don’t succeed amazingly at something in particular

I have no special skill

Nothing that recognizes me

I’m not an amazing singer or dancer

I’m not incredibly smart or obedient

I struggle to follow even the most basic of terms

Why am I alive?

I don’t want to hurt myself or anything

I know that, I don’t have any self-harm ideas

But I recognize that

the truth to my question hurts

There is no reason . . . 

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Comments (6)

Writerwannabe07
<p>Hello there! :)</p>
Adventure_cat
<p>Haha no problem, comments are always appreciated &lt;3 :)</p>
Adventure_cat
<p>Comments like these are very special to me, thank you &lt;3 you&#39;ve made my day, let&#39;s be friends, I&#39;ll be keeping an eye out for any future poems of yours &lt;3</p>
Writerwannabe07
<p>Sorry, I posted a comment twice. Believe me, im not a bot.</p><p>Sounds like something a bot would say but anyways-</p>
Writerwannabe07
<p>I can relate... this feeling is like a friend I&#39;ve known for years....</p><p>So familiar....but trust me... we&#39;re born and we&#39;re here for a reason... you were alive all this time maybe</p><p>Just for me to read your sorrowful words ... and maybe I was alive all along to be touched by them....</p><p>We never know...</p>
Writerwannabe07
<p>I can relate... this feeling is like a friend I&#39;ve known for years....</p><p>So familiar....but trust me... we&#39;re born and we&#39;re here for a reason... you were alive all this time maybe</p><p>Just for me to read your sorrowful words ... and maybe I was alive all along to be touched by them....</p><p>We never know...</p>

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